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Ohh OK then.... if you insist! :D

To add to the last question, whilst the floor is flat / level, I have found a couple of areas where there is some uneaveness. These are around the doors (there is a slope up to the back door where someone has previously tried to fix a crack), and where I've demolished a wall and there is a...

OK, another question... As I mentioned before, I removed a wall earlier on in the project. We also had a door put in the wall opposite the demolished wall. Both of these walls were / are non-supporting (engineers report to prove it!) but were made of blockwork. When we bought the...

Thanks guys, I think we'll be letting discression take the better part of valour and I'll get someone in to do it! I might still give it a shot in the bedroom after some practice on some old plasterboard!

If I'm going down the Elastilon route, is it worth "dust-proofing" the floor with a 5-1 PVA solution?? It is very dusty and mucky in there, so I feel I need to do something!

Hurrah! In that case I can safely rip them out! I'll probably just roll them up and chuck them in the void above but at least I can do it safely! If I do junction box the cables, I take it I need to leave the junction box visible / accessible?

Greater than 27 years old could be about right - they may well be ages with the house, which is early 60's. It is a pair of grey cables, although they're not joined. The inner wires are about the same size as a phone wire. I'll try to post a pic tomorrow if its still worthwhile. With...

I've bought a 60's house and prior to moving in carried out some demolition work downstairs - I've removed a breeze block wall, and a builder has installed a couple of doors through 2 other block walls. We are also having a new bathroom built upstairs. We have now moved in to the house with...

I've demolished a wall in my new house. There was a known single socket power outlet on the wall (2 x white cables - I'm guessing twin & earth). However there was also a pair of unknown thinner cables buried inside the wall. They stopped half way up the wall and go into the ceiling (as do...

Yup, I did think about it, but at around about £300 all in for 2 days from HSS I simply can't afford it

Thanks WoodYouLike! I think I'll go the Elastilon route as it'll be a lot less disruptive, although I can't seem to get their website to work?? I take it its not worth putting any kind of insulation underlay under the Elastilon? I'm also guessing from your DPM comment that the Elastilon...

My bad - meant 760mm! always get confused when mixing cm and mm! :oops:

the longest lengths are approx 760mm x 84mm x 18mm (including tongue on length and width). If I did go down the underlay route, would it be worth putting any sort of insulating material / underlay underneath any sticky solid wood underlay?

I have 40m2 of 18mm solid maple flooring to install on a concrete subfloor which has previously had marley tiles stuck down, and left the black / bitumen residue on the floor. I think its fairly impractical to remove this residue due to the size of the floor and amount of dust created when I...